[CPEO-MEF] Mass. guard stops using Tungsten bullets on Cape

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Metal in wells spurs state ban on green' ammo at base

By AMANDA LEHMERT and DAVID KIBBE
Cape Cod Times (MA)
February 17, 2006

BOSTON - The Massachusetts National Guard yesterday suspended use of the
so-called green bullet at the Massachusetts Military Reservation, citing
concerns that the metal in the ammunition has reached Cape Cod's groundwater.

When the tungsten-nylon bullets were introduced in 1999, they were
hailed as an environmentally friendly solution to lead ammunition.

But in the past two years researchers have explored whether tungsten is
toxic or might be linked to childhood leukemia.

The Army Environmental Center Wednesday told the Guard it found 15 parts
per billion of tungsten in a 100-foot-deep groundwater well one mile
from the base boundary.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/metalin17.htm

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Lenny Siegel
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